Đánh giá giáo trình intelligent business, trình độ cơ bản dành cho sinh viên không chuyên tiếng anh năm nhất học viện tài chính; những gợi ý trong việc chỉnh sửa và sử dụng giáo trình

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE ĐOÀN THỊ THỦY AN EVALUATION OF INTELLIGENT BUSINESS - ELEMENTARY FOR THE FIRST YEAR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT ACADEMY OF FINANCE; SUGGESTIONS FOR BOOK USE AND ADAPTATION (Đánh giá giáo trình Intelligent Business, trình độ dành cho sinh viên không chuyên tiếng Anh năm Học viện Tài Chính; gợi ý việc chỉnh sửa sử dụng giáo trình ) MINOR PROGRAM THESIS FIELD: ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY CODE: 60140111 HÀ NỘI – NĂM 2015 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE ĐOÀN THỊ THỦY AN EVALUATION OF INTELLIGENT BUSINESS - ELEMENTARY FOR THE FIRST YEAR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT ACADEMY OF FINANCE; SUGGESTIONS FOR BOOK USE AND ADAPTATION (Đánh giá giáo trình Intelligent Business, trình độ dành cho sinh viên không chuyên tiếng Anh năm Học viện Tài Chính; gợi ý việc chỉnh sửa sử dụng giáo trình ) MINOR PROGRAM THESIS FIELD: ENGLISH TEACHING METHODOLOGY CODE: 60140111 SUPERVISOR: Assoc Prof Dr NGUYỄN VĂN ĐỘ HÀ NỘI – NĂM 2015 DECLARATION I hereby state that I, Doan Thi Thuy, being an M.A candidate of the Faculty of Postgraduate, University of Languages and International studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi certify my authorship of the thesis submitted today entitled: “An Evaluation of Intelligent Business – Elementary for the first year nonEnglish major students at Academy of Finance; Suggestions for book use and adaptation– The thesis is the study of my own work and substance of the thesis has not, wholly or in part, been submitted for a degree to any other universities or institutions Hanoi, October, 2015 Doan Thi Thuy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In my exploring of knowledge and in the course of completing this thesis, many individuals have assisted me I would like to acknowledge wholeheartedly their assistance, cooperation and encouragement which all contributed to make this study completed This thesis would not have been feasible without their guidance and help of which in one way or another rendered their valuable assistance during the whole process of carrying out and completing this study First and foremost, I would like to express my utmost gratitude to my supervisor, Assoc Prof Dr Nguyen Van Do for his precious guidance and constructive criticism from the start of my work He has constantly provided me with encouragement and support I would not have made steady progress without his kind support It is an honor for me to have his guidance as a supervisor to complete my thesis Second, I owe special thanks to the first year non-English major students at Academy of Finance for their enthusiastic participation throughout my research Without their patience, cooperation and attention, this study could have never been completed I also wish to thank all my colleagues at Academy of Finance who are the subjects of my thesis for their willingness to answer the questionnaire and interview Without their help, I could not have finished the thesis Last but not least, I also owe a deep debt of gratitude to my beloved friends and family members for their unfailing encouragement and valuable support until the completion of this research ABSTRACT Course books have played an important role in most language programs However, they are not always professionally designed and not always fit the curriculum and closely correspond with the objectives of the course and the needs of the students Within this regard, the thesis was conducted with the aims to evaluate the suitability of the material “Intelligent Business Elementary” for the first year nonEnglish major students at Academy of Finance to investigate the suitability of the course book to the students’ needs and interests, then to suggest practical recommendations for future improvements of the material The data collection instruments employed in this study were questionnaires for teachers and students, and informal teachers’ interviews In this thesis, the material is analyzed based on the criteria proposed by Hutchinson & Waters (1987) After investigating some strengths and weaknesses of the material, the author comes to the conclusion that the material well responds to students’ needs and interests Thanks to the findings, suggestions would be given for better application of the material through adaptation techniques like addition, deletion, replacement, and reorder and combination REFERENCES Allwringt, R.L (1981), What we want teaching materials for? 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